How to automatically generate Table of Content in Microsoft Word

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Microsoft Word is a complete tool for publishing, apart from
typing your manuscript, you can also use it to automatically generate your TOC
- Table of Content, build index and so on. Today, I will be sharing with you a
stress-free way of generating the table of content for your manuscript on
Microsoft Word.

Automatically generating Table of Content on Microsoft Word

Firstly, to make this process very easy for you, I would
like you to take note of the following formatting tips

Use heading 1 Tags for your chapter titles; simply highlight
the title and click Heading 1 under the Home category at the top of your
screen.

Use the Heading 2 tags for all your subtitles that you want
to include in the table of contents

Use Heading 3 tags for other important items you want to
include under the subtitles in your table of content.

After formatting your manuscript as highlighted above, then
follow these steps to automatically generate your table of content

Go to REFERENCES > Table of Contents

Choose the Style you wish from the list of options and MWORD
will automatically generate your table of content based on your formatting and
the style you choose

How to Edit your Automatically Generated TOC

To Edit your TOC at any point in time, follow the steps below;

Go to the item you wish to add or remove in your manuscript,
highlight the words and format it with the required Heading Tag or remove the
already placed Heading Tag.

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